Improvement in game-tables



m MANUEL BRUNSWICK.

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yNo. 119,262. ;g Patnidsp. 26, m71,

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UNITED STATES EMNEL BRUNSWICK, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME-TABLES.

Y Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,262, datedSeptember 26, 1871.

y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL BRUNSWICK, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain tables upon which to playgames with balls and cues, of which the fol lowing is a specication,reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a table of novel construction, upon which toplay with balls and cues a gaine similar to bagatelle or Jenny Lind, andthe invention consists in substituting for the row of open holes acrossa bagatelletable a series of holes arranged in a circle, and covered bya circular block having a series of radial openings leading inward tothe va-rious holes or pockets,

as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of my improved table, one sideor half being taken on the line :v x and the other on the liney y ofFig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the table throughits center.

In constructing my table, I first provide a body or bed, A, similar inevery respect to an ordinary bagatelletable, being semioircular at oneend and rectangular at the other, and being provided with a cushionedrirn around its outer edge, the bed being, of course, mounted on legs inthe usual manner. Through the bed of the table, at or near thesemicircular end, I make a number of holes or pockets, a, arranged in acircular row, and under the opposite end of the table I place an equalnumber of cups or sockets, o, as shown in both figures. Lengthwise underthe bed of the i table I mount a series of inclined troughs or chutes,d, connecting the respective holes or pockets a with the correspondingcups c, as shown. Upon top of the table, over the holes or pockets a, Isecure a circular block or head piece, C, large enough to cover all theholes, and inward through the sides of this block I make radial openingsor passages bon a level with the bed of the table, the passages being atequal distances apart and leading one to each of the holes a.

In playing upon the table thus constructed the Lmy table requiresconsiderable skill.

object is, of course, to drive the balls into the holes t so that theywill drop down through, off from the table, in the same manner as inJenny Lind and bagatelle. In the latter games the holes or pockets beingarranged in a row across the table, and being left open and unguarded,it is comparatively easy to pocket the balls; but on my table it will beseen that the front pocket is the only one into which a ball may bedriven direct from the opposite end of the table, as the passages eleading to all the other pockets stand at various angles, so that theball driven from the head of the table must be either cushioned orcaromed before it will enter the passages b. It will thus be seen thatto pocket the balls upon This is especially the case as to driving theballs into the pockets around on the back sides of the head C. Theballs, when they fall through the holes af, drop into the chutes androll down in the respective sockets, as in Jenny Lind. If desired, thehead C may set out from the end of the table so that the balls can passaroundbehind it; and the end of the table may be of any other desiredform than the one shown. The balls and the pockets or holes may benumbered and any suitable rules adopted for playing games upon thetable. Y

In manufacturing my tables I propose to screw the legs into the body andto attach the sockets or cups to a detachable board, so that when thetable is to be packed the legs and the sockets may be taken oli', sothat the table can be secured in a compact form.

u Having described my invention, what I claim is- The table A, providedwith the holes a, and with the head piece Chaving the 4radial passagesb, arranged substantially as described.

EMANUEL BRUNSWICK.

Witnesses FRED. E. HELD, GEORGE PoHL.

